VfL Wolfsburg 5-3 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 27 November 2020

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 5-3 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Friday 27 November 2020, 19:30 UTC · half-time 3-2

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VfL Wolfsburg 5-3 Werder Bremen: match report

VfL Wolfsburg won against Werder Bremen 5-3 in the Bundesliga on Friday 27 November 2020. It was 3-2 at half-time.

Leonardo Bittencourt opened the scoring in the 13th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Ridle Baku (22'), John Anthony Brooks (25'), Wout Weghorst (37'), Wout Weghorst (76') and B. Białek (90+5'). Werder Bremen scored through Leonardo Bittencourt (13'), Kevin Möhwald (35') and an own goal by John Anthony Brooks (47').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 6th on 14 points from 8 and Werder Bremen 9th on 11 points from 8. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Werder Bremen 17th with 31.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Werder Bremen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wout Weghorst of VfL Wolfsburg (8.6), ahead of Josip Brekalo (8.0).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

13'Goal · Leonardo BittencourtWerder Bremen · 0-1
22'Goal · Ridle BakuVfL Wolfsburg · 1-1
24'Yellow card · Jean Manuel MbomWerder Bremen
25'Goal · John Anthony BrooksVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
35'Goal · Kevin MöhwaldWerder Bremen · 2-2
37'Goal · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg · 3-2
47'Own goal · John Anthony BrooksWerder Bremen · 3-3
57'Yellow card · Kevin MöhwaldWerder Bremen
57'Yellow card · Kevin MöhwaldWerder Bremen
73'Yellow card · Maxence LacroixVfL Wolfsburg
76'Goal · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg · 4-3
80'Second yellow · Kevin MöhwaldWerder Bremen
80'Second yellow · Kevin MöhwaldWerder Bremen
81'Yellow card · M. ArnoldVfL Wolfsburg
90+5'Goal · B. BiałekVfL Wolfsburg · 5-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 2, draws 2, Werder Bremen 6.

Werder Bremen 0-1 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 7 Jun 2020
VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Werder BremenBundesliga · 1 Dec 2019
VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Werder BremenBundesliga · 3 Mar 2019
Werder Bremen 2-0 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 5 Oct 2018
Werder Bremen 3-1 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 11 Feb 2018
VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Werder BremenBundesliga · 19 Sep 2017

Team news

Unavailable

Niclas FüllkrugWerder Bremen · injury (Calf Injury)
Milos VeljkovicWerder Bremen · injury (Adductor problems)
Daniel GinczekVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Back Trouble)
Josuha GuilavoguiVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Torn Muscle Fibre)
Josh SargentWerder Bremen · injury (Ankle Problems)

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-2-3-1)

Koen Casteels, Ridle Baku, Maxence Lacroix, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Xaver Schlager, Maximilian Arnold, Josip Brekalo, Admir Mehmedi, Renato Steffen, Wout Weghorst

Werder Bremen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Jiri Pavlenka, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Ömer Toprak, Marco Friedl, Jean-Manuel Mbom, Maximilian Eggestein, Christian Groß, Ludwig Augustinsson, Leonardo Bittencourt, Milot Rashica, Yuya Osako